How DO women do it?
Follow up: Colleen Doran on her panel-mate:
PS: I’m sorry, I can’t help myself…”constantly blowing us away with the most outrageous and provocative titles?”
Yes, I used to do Power Pack and Louise [Simonson] created it.
Utterly over the top. Left ‘em panting in the ailes.
Good lord, this panel is like some kind of sociological experiment.
Bring rubber gloves, and a clipboard.
MR imaging scans will be conducted before and after the panel to observe changes in test subjects, but my hypothesis is the major anomaly will be in the male subject’s primary visual cortex.
Dark Horse editor Rachel Edidin also has some tart comments:
Want to know how the ladies creating comics do it? THEY WORK THEIR ASSES OFF—just like the guys. The biggest difference is that we have to deal with this shit.
UPDATE:
Doran now reports a potential scheduling conflict:
In other news, I am scheduled to be on a panel at 6 PM that day, then this panel, then an event at the Empire State Building at 8 PM. So, something’s got to give, and it looks like this panel may be the sacrifice to the Gods of decorum.
AND Craig Yoe writes to tell us there IS a Men in Comics panel:
I’d like to announce the “Men in Comics” panel at the New York Comicon…
*Al “Mad Fold In” Jaffee
*Glenn “Hotwire Comix’” Head
*David “Entertainment Weekly caricaturist” Cowles
*Danny Hellman , cartoonist and editor of the upcoming anthology “TYPHON”
*Craig “Arf book series” Yoe
We will discuss what it’s like being a man involved in the cartoon and comix world of incredible female funnies giants like Marge, Hope Larson, Rose O’neil, Francoius Mouly, Wendy Pini, Grace Drayton, Marjane Satrapi, Françoise Mouly, Heidi MacDonald, Collen Coover, etc. And we will be discussing the new “Arf” book, “Comic Arf”, debuting at the con and unknown genius old-skool cartoonists, Milt Gross, Horror comics, New Yorker cartoons, Fine Art vs Comics, Fold Ins and, knowing men: Fold Outs! It’s on Sunday April 20 at 3pm in room 1E03. There is a signing of the debuting book, “Comic Arf”, at the Fantagraphics booth Saturday April 19 from 11am-1 pm, and Sunday, April 20 from 1pm-2:45pm.
